School profile 2019/20 Dunoon Grammar School Area Committee Report December 2019 1 School Profile 2018/2019 School Name Dunoon Grammar School School Address Ardenslate Road, Dunoon, PA23 8LU Head Teacher David Mitchell CONTEXT OF THE SCHOOL Dunoon Grammar School has a very long and distinguished history spanning over 350 years of growth, of which high standards of academic and personal development have been the hallmarks. Dunoon Grammar School is a mixed sex, interdenominational school which caters for pupils aged from eleven to eighteen years of age and serves the area of Cowal. Catchment is rural in nature and includes two large primary schools in Dunoon and 9 other primary schools. There are 689 pupils on the school roll. The teaching staff compliment is 58.2FTE. The Senior Leadership Team comprises of the Head Teacher and three Depute Head Teachers. There are 10 Principal Teacher Curriculum and 4 Heads of House (Guidance), The Senior Leadership Team has seen a number of changes during the last 3 years and a new team has been formed. In our school we are committed to providing appropriate learning opportunities for the young people, both in and out with school, and to secure positive destinations for all of our students. This is done in partnership with parents/carers and takes into account the needs of our young people. The pupil equity funding for session 2019-20 was £80,000. We have used this money to continue the excellent work that was started last year by our nurture assistant. We have also introduced a structured mental health strategy working with See me and a number of other life coaches. 2 Vision and Values Our Vision We see Dunoon Grammar School as a school at the heart of our community where we are striving together to achieve excellence. Our Values Wisdom Justice Compassion Integrity Furthermore as a learning community we strive to promote the values of: - Respect Honesty Responsibility Our Aims To provide the best learning experiences for all our learners, using expertise from within and outwith the school To have the highest expectations of all within our learning community so that each individual experiences success and reaches her/his full potential To provide support systems which nurture the personal growth of each individual within our school community To develop active citizens and responsible stewards of our world Our staff, pupils, parents/carers and partners have just completed a review of our values. Our new values will be shared with staff, pupils and parents for further comments. After a full consultation about our school vision statement, majority of stakeholders believe we are now actively living out our vision and are at the heart of community. 3 Recognising Wider Achievement Dunoon Grammar School recognises the need to celebrate wider achievement both within school and out with school. A member of teaching staff has been allocated the task of tracking the achievements of our young people. These achievements are celebrated in a number a number of ways. Termly, achievement assemblies are held for each year group, the Head Teacher regularly sends out praise letters to our young people and we have House notices boards that highlight achievements. Our Business and Computing department have developed a large number of enterprising opportunities for our young people including, Apps for Good, YPI and the tenner challenge. The pupils thrive on these opportunities and have won a number of awards. This year our school was recognised for the work that has taken place by being awarded the European Enterprising Schools award. The first Scottish School to receive this award. SCQF SCQF 5 SCQF 6 SCQF 7 Total 4 Personal Finance Award 3 Work Placement 22 Digital Media NPA 11 Mentoring 13 Qualification Qualification Name Presenting Centre Number Level of YP National 3 Practical Experiences: Construction and Argyll College 8 Engineering National 4 Early Education and Childcare Argyll College 6 National 4 Rural Skills Argyll College National 4 Hairdressing Argyll College 9 National 4 Hairdressing (2yr) Argyll College 1 National 4 Construction Crafts Argyll College Awaiting Result National 5 Early Education and Childcare Argyll College 6 National 5 Hairdressing Argyll College 7 National 5 Maritime Skills Argyll College 4 4 Higher Beauty Argyll College 5 Higher Health and Social Care Argyll College 10 SCQF Level 5 Make-Up Skills NPA Argyll College 9 SCQF Level 5 Beauty Skills NPA Argyll College 5 Higher Psychology Argyll College 2 x C 3 x D School Roll School roll as at Census S4 S5 S6 2018-2019 113 100 91 Literacy and Numeracy – Levels of Attainment S6 pupils based on the S4 roll % Level 4 % Level 5 Literacy and Literacy and Year Numeracy Numeracy Number in Cohort Dunoon Grammar School 2017 86.11 62.5 144 Virtual Comparator 2017 89.31 65.49 1440 Argyll & Bute 2017 85.31 69.48 878 National 2017 87.38 63.79 52975 Dunoon Grammar School 2018 94.74 66.92 133 Virtual Comparator 2018 86.02 59.47 1330 Argyll & Bute 2018 89.01 69.54 801 National 2018 87.83 65.34 51952 Dunoon Grammar School 2019 91.34 70.08 127 Virtual Comparator 2019 86.93 61.34 1270 Argyll & Bute 2019 90.91 71.03 825 National 2019 88.69 65.76 51033 5 S5 pupils based on the S4 roll % Level 4 % Level 5 Literacy and Literacy and Year Numeracy Numeracy Number in Cohort Dunoon Grammar School 2017 93.98 61.65 133 Virtual Comparator 2017 85.64 57.67 1330 Argyll & Bute 2017 88.48 66.42 807 National 2017 87.53 63.34 51836 Dunoon Grammar School 2018 89.84 67.97 128 Virtual Comparator 2018 86.56 58.13 1280 Argyll & Bute 2018 90.64 69.27 833 National 2018 88.26 63.17 50932 Dunoon Grammar School 2019 83.76 58.12 117 Virtual Comparator 2019 88.8 62.74 1170 Argyll & Bute 2019 87.21 62.4 782 National 2019 87.48 62.63 50271 S4 pupils based on the S4 roll % Level 4 % Level 5 Literacy and Literacy and Year Numeracy Numeracy Number in Cohort Dunoon Grammar School 2017 92 57.6 125 Virtual Comparator 2017 83.36 46.96 1250 Argyll & Bute 2017 88.7 53.81 814 National 2017 85.49 52.29 50335 Dunoon Grammar School 2018 79.82 52.63 114 Virtual Comparator 2018 82.89 48.16 1140 Argyll & Bute 2018 84.16 48.18 770 National 2018 82.61 49.53 49776 Dunoon Grammar School 2019 84.96 55.75 113 6 Virtual Comparator 2019 81.95 47.7 1130 Argyll & Bute 2019 77.93 50.44 793 National 2019 82.05 53.38 51234 School Leaver Destination Returns (SLDR)4 Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 Number of Total Leavers 149 157 149 125 Number of Young People entering Higher Education (%) 38.9% 38% 35.57% 46.4% Number of Young People entering Further Education (%) 22.1% 22% 22.82% 26.4% Number of Young People entering Training (%) 4% 1% 5.37% 2.4% Number of Young People gaining Employment (%) 28.2% 31% 29.53% 18.4% Number of Young People gaining Voluntary Work (%) 0% 0% 0% 0% Number of Young People entering Activity Agreements (%) 2% 1% 0.67% 0% Number of Young People - Unemployed Seeking (%) 4% 5% 2.01% 1.60% Number of Young People - Unemployed Not Seeking (%) 0.7% 3% 4.03% 4% Number of Young People - Unknown (%) 0% 0% 0% 0.8% Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) 95.3% 92% 93.96% 93.6% Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) 4.7% 8% 6.04% 6.4% Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) Authority Average 93.1% 92.91% 94.66% 95.01% Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) Authority Average 6.9% 7.09% 5.34% 4.99% Total number of young people in a Positive Destination (%) National Average NA 93.34% 93.72% 94.40% Total number of young people in Other Destination (%) National Average NA 6.68% 6.28% 5.60% 7 (Insight: National –Leaver Initial Destinations) Attainment for all – S6 performance based on S4 roll (Complementary Tariff) 8 Attainment vs Deprivation (against the Virtual Comparator) - S6 performance based on S4 roll (Complementary Tariff) 9 Overview % change in Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 Roll over 5 years Roll (as at census) 775 735 716 670 679 -12.39% Clothing and Footwear Grant (number of pupils) 168 118 137 107 115 Clothing and Footwear Grant (% of number of pupils) 21.7% 16.1% 19.1% 15.97% 16.36% Clothing and Footwear Grant (%) - Authority Average5 15.60% 14.31% 12.98% 11.77% 14.59% Free School Meals (number of pupils) 121 96 120 87 88 Free School Meals (% of number of pupils) 15.6% 13.1% 16.8% 12.99% 12.52% Free School Meals (%) - Authority Average 10.8% 11.2% 10.53% 9.45% 11.31% Free School Meal - National Average for Secondary Not 15.0% 14.2% 14.1% 14.40% Schools (%)6 available FSMCG % based on whole school figures for session 10 Attendance, Absence and Exclusions7 Range of Attendance Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 (%) over 5 years8 Attendance: Attendance (% of school roll) 92.12% 91.6% 91.13% 90.15% 91.21% -0.91% Authorised Absence (% of school roll)8 5.33% 5.46% 5.80% 5.90% 6.34% Unauthorised Absence (% of school roll) 2.51% 2.92% 3.04% 3.90% 2.41% Not yet 92.64% 91.8% 91.58% 91.24% Attendance Number of Pupils (%) - Authority Average published not Not yet Not Not yet 93.7% Attendance Number of Pupils (%) - National Average7 collated published collated published Measure 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 Exclusions: Exclusion Openings - number 102 61 79 105 110 Exclusion Incidents - number 36 24 29 33 33 Number of Pupils 28 19 22 21 20 11 Footnotes Data will be anonymised to protect individuals where there are fewer than 5 pupils and or presentations.